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An Update about See Jane Dig! Launch Week

An Update about See Jane Dig! Launch Week

An update about See Jane Dig! launch week is most certainly in order, so here's a quick recap: The publisher reports that almost 5,000 books in the series (most of them for See Jane Dig!) were sold. At its height, its Amazon rank reached #2 in Cozy Mysteries, #2 in...

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This Summer My Fact and Fiction Shared an Afternoon

This Summer My Fact and Fiction Shared an Afternoon

This summer, my fact and fiction shared an afternoon in a tiny little town near the site of the country school where I taught the dear people in the picture above and many more. The children they once were captured my heart. For decades I have carried the memories of...

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A Year Ago We Said Goodbye to Mom

A Year Ago We Said Goodbye to Mom

A year ago we said goodbye to Mom. I miss her smile, but not the suffering she endured. I miss her wit, but not her weeping. I miss her perseverance, but not her pain. A year ago we said goodbye to Mom. I miss our games of Uno, but not the "Oh no" sensation upon...

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It Feels Like See Jane Dig! Already Made the News

It Feels Like See Jane Dig! Already Made the News

It feels like See Jane Dig! already made the news this summer. That can't be, of course, since its release date with Midwestern Books is October 1, 2024. However, when I saw a link on Facebook about 3 boys who discovered a T-Rex fossil, Yogi Berra's famous line, "it's...

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The Sad and Glad of Memorial Day, 2024

The Sad and Glad of Memorial Day, 2024

The sad and glad of Memorial Day is pressing on my heart this year as never before. The mix of emotions is due the passing of the people in the picture above. Aunt Donna died in September of 2022. Mom died in June of 2023. Uncle Jim died in October of 2023. This...

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Author Jolene Philo

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